Cheat Days - necessity or reward?

I read that while cutting, you should take one day out of the week to cheat (burgers, fries, watever). Is this so you dont go overload and start binge eating (psychological) or is it to confuse your metabolism so that your body (physical) still burns at a really high fast rate despite intaking less calories throughout the week?

Today is technically my cheat day but Im perfectly fine just eating pasta + chicken with veggies. Im not a bad cook

Cheat days are really to make sticking to a calorie deficit diet more viable. They're good for you psychologically. In terms of shaking up your metabolism, they aren't really necessary. Providing your not overdoing the deficit, your body doesn't adjust to food in the same way it adjusts to exercise.

So if you feel like having one fine. Similarly, if you're not bothered, that's fine too.

I read that while cutting, you should take one day out of the week to cheat (burgers, fries, watever). Is this so you dont go overload and start binge eating (psychological) or is it to confuse your metabolism so that your body (physical) still burns at a really high fast rate despite intaking less calories throughout the week?

Both.

Today is technically my cheat day but Im perfectly fine just eating pasta + chicken with veggies. Im not a bad cook

Just stick with what you're doing for now and cheat only if you feel you need to.

As has always been said,

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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I believe its more psychological than anything else.To me if you are dieting/cutting, just manipulate your macros within reason to accomplish that goal. People get so caught up in the idea of "cheating". Dieting and "cheating" for me don't go together. If you get to a point where you feel like you have to eat fast foood or complete crap then you either went from one extreme to the other too quickly or you just aren't psychologically prepared enough to handle a real cut. There is some truth to keeping your metabolism guessing but that can mean simple carb cycling, not eating everything in sight.

necessary for the psychological point of view. staying clean everday is extremely easy for me but for the common person or "newbie" they cannot and find it hard to eat clean everyday. So the occasional cheat meal or cheat day as they call it, should be utilized. I eat clean on a normal basis because i dont really have a sweet tooth i love spicy foods just by adding some hot sauce, that makes me happy. I love the burn.
Look at is as a reward too because it is basically you rewarding yourself for staying motivated and fit